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WilsonvilleSTAGE by generous grant from Wilsonville Parks & Recreation can
now achieve the tone and color that all theater, and our audiences deserve .
The Charbonneau Villager
April 2018
LED PAR LIGHT
CAPABLE OF ALL COLORS
13’ CRANK STAND
Anderson Hopes
Residents will
Contribute to
WilsonvilleSTAGE
Lee Anderson
cial backing; and second, we need
volunteers to donate their talents
and skills."
He explained that $10 will
help with publicity and getting
the word out. Twenty-fi ve dol-
lars can help build part of a set
or help with costumes. A $50
donation will help pay stipends
to people who donate time. This
helps develop a solid acting/sup-
port group. Underwriting tickets
and helping pay for programs and
lighting are possibilities for the
donation of $100. A $1,000 do-
nation would help underwrite an
entire play.
volunteers can be involved in
everything from acting to lights to
marketing.
Through a generous
$7,000
from
the THE
Wilsonville
Parks and
ALL STATE OF
THE ART grant
EQUIPMENT
-- FOR
FIRST -- TIME INCLUDING
LIGHT CONTROL WilsonvilleSTAGE
BOARD & COMPUTER, ALL SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT
&
Recreation department,
was able
to purchase
the
SOUND EQUIPMENT - SPEAKERS, TREES AND AMPLIFIER.
LED Par Light that is capable of producing all colors, a 13-foot
crank stand and (not pictured) a light control board and computer
and sound equipment that includes speakers, trees and an amplifi er.
The grant was written by Jan Kester.
Anyone interested in fi nancial
support or volunteering can con-
tact Lee at 503-694-8201. Cor-
respondence can be mailed to
P.O. box 3902, Wilsonville, OR
97070.
More funds and volunteers will
help improve the ability to reach
more people and help us be a ser-
vice to the community.
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place to rehearse, hold auditions,
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Years ago, when he was a prin-
cipal and a school superintendent,
Charbonneau's Lee Anderson
was involved in theater.
During that time, he acted, di-
rected, produced and helped with
set design.
It's no wonder he has a passion
for the arts. He earned a bache-
lor's degree in art education and
complete his masters in education
administration to help further his
career.
Two years ago, he became
involved again with Wilson-
villeSTAGE.
"I was always a supporter of
theater, I just didn’t have time to
be involved," he said.
Lee served on the board of di-
rectors for WilsonvilleSTAGE
and is currently their treasurer.
The fi rst time he found out
about WilsonvilleSTAGE was
more than two years agon when
he attended the play, A View From
the Bridge.
"I wasn’t’ aware of the Wilson-
ville theatre until it came here to
Charbonneau," he said. "We (he
and his wife, Jeanie) went and
enjoyed it. I called Terry Kester
after that and have been on the
Board ever since.
"I think theater is important,
and I think it’s important for a
community to have a theater."
According to Lee, arts do some
interesting things. Live theater
imakes people’s hearts beat to-
gether and everyone’s thinking is
focused on the same thing at the
same time.
One of the problems all the-
ater's have is with funding. Tick-
ets only pay 12 percent of the cost
of production. Theater companies
have to rely on outside income.
"We rely on ticket sales, and it
is not enough to cover all the ex-
penses to do quality productions,"
he said.
Lee outlined how donations
could help the theater company,
and he hopes his Charbonneau
neighbors will help out.
"We need help in two ways,"
Lee said. "First, we need fi nan-
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